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Surprisingly, Elvis didn't like his version and stopped its release. I love the song. Scotty's solo is great as usual, and the song just rolls on like it's supposed to do. When you look at Spotify, it seems like about everybody recorded this one. I wish Elvis would've recorded "I saw the light", which he considered to do in 1966.

I loved when Elvis took a song and "Elvisised" it. That is what he did here. He took a song that was pure country and made it rock. The "Elvis For Everyone" LP in which it first appeared was meant to be a 10th Anniversary LP and a real opportunity was lost with the resulting LP. Not that it was bad, it just could have done so much more to capture Elvis' 10 years with RCA. This LP deserves respect just for giving a home for lost masterpieces like this song and "I Met Her Today"

I like Elvis' version, possibly because it's unlike any of the other versions I've heard including the original. Even though Elvis for Everyone contained a mixture of left overs I still like to listen to it.

A song from the magnificent 1958 sessions that spawned so many great hits. This is one of the lesser lights from those sessions but is still a great medium tempo rocker, although I have a slight preference for the wilder alternate take 9.

I like this version. Certainly becomes more of a pop song than a country song the way Elvis does it. It's a shame it was never done live; in 1970 or 71 he probably really could have blown this away. It's easy to imagine him doing it too, on stage alongside "I Can't Stop Loving You" and "Release Me". Similar vibe.

your cheatin' heart...I couldn't sleep last night...unaware of this here I strummed it last night or early morning hours on my old guitar...;-) yeah, Elvis as singing Hank Williams...I would have loved to hear him on Mind Your Own Business...my personal favourite of ole Hank

No thanks. Certainly not among his best ones. I heard that Elvis was close to get the part in the movie "Your Cheatin´ Heart", during the sixties. I think it was Williams´ family that stopped it. Would have been interesting, right?

I like it, but then again I think Elvis' 1958 Nashville sessions were among the best of his career. I wish he'd have cut a whole LP of Hank Williams songs. I bet he would have had some of the definitive versions of Hank's classic songs.

The Elvis for Everyone had an eclectic mixture of oddities among the titles. This Hank Williams classic was an even stranger choice to make up an album.I like Elvis' version it is gutsy and completely off the wall.A real pity that it didn't get an earlier outing perhaps on the A Date With Elvis.

I never liked Hank williams cause When he sings he sound like he is crying so for me The Elvis version of the song is a trillion times better. Elvis does not have the original so what? i don't give a ...... about it!

Not as good as the original but I'm certainly happy it exists. To be honest, I only heard it for the first time just recently so I'm not that well acquainted with it, yet. It's good though that there are still plenty of songs that I haven't heard, will be fresh in my memory, will grow on me and I will listen to for the first time with a pair of adult ears (as opposed to having heard songs so many times in my formative years that I know them inside out). I think it's still Scotty who's playing lead and that, along with The Jordanaires' stamp of authenticity as well as Elvis' natural swagger, make for a truly Presley-fied recording. Since it took 7 years to come out, I assume Elvis wasn't satisfied with his homage to Hank.